At least, the love I had waited for. I pushed my head forward to make it quick. I was desperate to do this and more.
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DEVIL'S POV:
Evening.
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'Bravo, you are lucky you whispered nothing fishy at the hospital. We need to talk but you need some rest. We'll do that tomorrow morning.'
I whispered in her ear. I thought she would kiss me. Dem it! Why did I even think of a such thing? Kissing her would have been nothing bad but it would downgrade my portfolio. She brought her head closer and swerved my KISS just like that. 'I would have done it though. I had absolutely nothing to tell her. I just had to create something. What am I even going to talk about when she asks?
I just walked out with dissatisfaction swinging on my face. I bumped into Lilly right at the entrance.
"Awch, watch your steps!" She sobbed holding her face down to calm the pain. I halted and watched her for some time. I was out of words, in fact speechless! Lilly shocked me to hell as I never expected that from her. She also paused walking and faced my direction while she continued crying.
'Should I apologize or...'
"You should know better..." She interrupted and paused again, "Master!!!, I am so sorry! I ... I...ah..." She contended, stocked her palms together, and dropped her jaw wide. The scar from my abuse earlier was displayed on her nose. I felt bad for that rather.
'I am...' I ceased and walked away giggling. That was very funny. She had entered the room when I turned to call her.
I abruptly heard strange clusters in the other room. Aaron's time was up and had left earlier. I silently drew my shotgun and tiptoed diligently and silently toward that door. I opened it calmly and to my surprise, Tracy and my bodyguard, Aaron, were enjoying their night. They were busily kissing and fondling each other here and there.
"Master!! Devil!..."Aaron, being well-trained sensed my presence. I rushed out and closed the door behind me as fast as I could.
Now my mind got settled on why those two dudes couldn't take their eyes off each other whenever they met. On the other hand, I thought he liked Barbara. Their dialogue at the hospital and Barbara's confidence in him proved that. I hid a microphone in the flower I sent her. I heard everything!
My pressure resolved. Was that jealousy? Come on, I don't love her. How can I be jealous?
I confused myself and went to bed. Barbara kept appearing in my visions whenever I closed my eyes. Yes! I liked it that way. I can kiss her right in my imagination and fantasies. I wasn't interested in her, I didn't love her but I just cared about her, conceivably I might let go of myself but I would protect myself from falling in love with her!
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Barbara's POV:
I wished he stayed here with me but I faked sleeping for him to leave. I felt uncomfortable when he was around; I felt shy and disappointed when he did not kiss me. I wanted it! How those lips would have been juicy and soft like characters I've read in books.
I think he does not feel the way I feel about him. My killer and lover. He is the first person I have ever crushed on. Anytime I closed my eyes; he appeared and smiled at me. 'They say whenever someone you love appears in your dream and smiles, he/she has the same feeling for you!' I quoted for myself. I wished a cupid shot his arrow to stub his heart and I would be there to give him mine.
'This is too much! I suppose to be building a castle in the air! How can such a ruthless devil fall in love with me? I should be thinking about how he'd kill me if I provoke him.' I refuted my intentions of loving the Devil.
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The next day at (Terry) Devil's house:
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Unknown men came to hold a meeting with Terry. The meeting place was on the third floor where Terry has built his swimming pool and they sat about 20 feet away from it. Aaron stood as usual pretending like he was not concerned. Terry and the four men sat with two parties facing each other while Terry faced Aaron's direction. The four men were dressed in the same outfit. Three of them wore dark opaque glasses and the other one had one eye covered like a pirate.
"We have a deal." One of them broke the silence and hit a briefcase on the glass table in front of them. Aaron and Terry did not seem to be frightened about that noise but the rest did make a little movement. De Devil stopped him when he attempted to open the briefcase and made Aaron examine it. After thorough checks, the briefcase was permitted to be opened.
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Aaron's POV:
I stood there watching them as they misunderstood themselves. One of them pulled his gun and pointed it at my Master. His friends calm him down but he refused. He was eager to pull the trigger.
"You are not leaving here with the GIRL." My master concluded.
"Put the gun down, Mello." The man who had an eye covered commanded but he still refused. I was just waiting for my master's approval to do something. 'I might be punished if I take matters into my own hands.' I remembered.
Suddenly the sound of his gun echoed. That was enough for me to kill him but before I pulled my gun, he was already percolating and bleeding. Something had drilled a hole through his head. While my master sat there comfortably rotating the globe that stood on his table.
'Who's this goddamn sniper!?' Confusion raised in my head.
His blood streamed under the shoes of the remaining three men.
"Who sent you!?"
My master broke the silence and signaled me with a blink of an eye. My pride arose like a lion. It was my turn!
I drew my sword to scare them to answer the question. My master blinked again as I walked towards them. They did not show respect to my master and that boiled my soul, I hated that.
"Step back!" One of them exclaimed brandishing his gun and my sword just did the magic. His hand, together with his gun just rested on the floor ground and the sniper did it again. 'Who the heck interrupted!?' I focused on the two. They realized they had entered hell. Whoever sent them has betrayed them. I saw the disappointment in their eyes as they fluttered under their pants. They wished they had not embarked on such a deadly mission.
"Who are you working for!?" My master threw another question to the remaining two.
As we did our job, I heard a car speed off. It reflected in a mirror glass that stood twenty meters beside the pool. The sound from the engine was different from our cars and it sounded pessimistic.
"Master, it seems they got the girl!" I proposed and he immediately left.
I stabbed one of the men and dragged the other to the torture room to lock him up.
Soon, another group came in. It was the Clean Team. They came to do neat work as they always did. They cleaned up the mess, no one would believe something went on there. The blood was scrubbed while their proprietors were wrapped up in large plastic bags and disposed of in their pick-up and covered it. As I watched them, my phone rang.
"Hey, find Barbara! She is not here!" My master commanded on the other side of the phone. "Did you kill those goons!?" He continued.
'I had one in our custody.' I replied.
"Good!!!!" He remarked and cut the call.
Run to pick up my car to pursue the car which sped off earlier. I had no hope of catching up with that car but my master commanded.
I did not know why he liked her so much. She is the only lucky girl he has treated and kept. Well, she is beautiful though but not my type.
But, if he had alerted me earlier, the job would have been done by now.
Driving at top speed, I felt like a hero going on a rescue mission. Keeping the speed up, I got closer to a car I suspected. It accelerated as I got closer. Yeah! This is it! As I got closer, some gunmen came through the windows and began firing at me but I did not give up just like that. When I accelerated and overtook them, I drifted and made a sharp turn to block the road. As expected, they hit the brake and screeched a few meters. I wondered why they did not reverse. I could see the driver resting on the wheel and blood covered the windscreen.